The early reviews of this book insisted it was best to go in blind, so I did. Coming out, I still feel pretty blind. At its base, it's an interesting, well-written dystopia about a all-female dystopian/utopian community engineered by a sort megalomaniacal Gwyneth Paltrow. On that alone, I enjoyed reading the book and had plenty of good laughs at some of the polite, well-spoken feminist disagreements. Despite an accelerated timeline and rather distant tone, the characters still contain enough depth to be interesting and dimensional-ish. It's not a total disaster.

That said, the Korn doesn't stick the landing or the feminism. There's a moment, a couple parts in when the characters have just entered the Inside, that really strikes a strong chord and develops true horror based in following flimsy feminist rhetoric to the extreme. I was so excited to see this horror develop and deepen... but it all sort of petered off into bland virtues of smooth, peaceful revolutions based on love and instinctive motherhood.

Instead of examining weak principles and non-inclusive politics, the novel becomes about Evil Gwyneth Paltrow's individual actions/ego and how permanent, solitary incarceration of one evil woman is the appropriate response for a generation of eugenics. Yours for the Taking offers entertainment, but no depth of thought. An ultimately bland and middle-of-the-pack dystopian experience.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.